L.C. 10.15 - Harry S. Truman's School Day Restructuring Act

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

AN ACT
to promote healthy sleep patterns among school-age children

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this act shall be, the "Harry S. Truman's School Day Restructuring Act."

Section 2 (Standard School Day)
i. Except as otherwise provided herein, all Lincoln public schools are advised to use the Standard School Day (SSD).
ii. The SSD shall begin at 9 am and end at 4 pm local time.

Section 3 (Elementary Adjusted Standard School Day)
i. All Lincoln public elementary schools are advised to observe the Elementary Adjusted Standard School Day (EASSD).
ii. The EASSD shall begin at 9:30 am and end at 4:30 pm local time.

Section 4 (Application for special exemption)
i. No district shall begin the school day before 8 am local time.

Section 5 (Before and after care)
i. All Lincoln public schools must offer before care from 7:30 am to the commencement of the school day, and after care from the end of the school day until 6:30 pm.
ii. Districts may charge tuition for attendance to before and after care; however, no student whose parents' and step-parents' combined annual income is less than 150% the local cost of living shall be charged tuition.

Section 6 (Implementation)
i. This act shall take effect with the 2021-22 academic year.

Sponsor: S019
Occupying: Government Slot 7 of 12

Sponsor, please advocate for your bill.

[S019]

Basically this bill would adjust our school times to be more reasonable and allow kids to get a good night's sleep. Waking up at 6:30 in the morning leads to sleep deprivation for many kids.

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I strongly support this. Trying to learn at the very early hours of the morning is not a good idea for most people - the body is not fully awake. In college, I avoided scheduling classes for 8 AM whenever possible for this reason. Let's let our children and grandchildren have that extra hour or two of sleep, and see their grades soar!

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

Strong support for the bill.

[Brother Jonathan]

Do we have guidelines for this at the regional level yet? If not, I see no need to introduce these new guidelines. I could possibly support this if we are simply changing existing guidelines, but it looks like this creates an entirely new set of rules and I do not intend to support that.

[KaiserDave]

Perhaps make it an encouragement
A guideline of sorts, rather than strictly enforced mandates

[S019]

For those who have any doubts about this here's further advocacy from the Fremont version of the bill:

This bill was inspired by a comment by the honorable member from Washington, to the effect that later school start times are in the interest of students' health and parents' convenience. Accordingly, this bill would establish a Standard School Day of 9:30 to 4:30 for elementary students and 9 to 4 for upper grades, while allowing schools to apply for a special exemption from the Ministry of Education if local concerns would make a different schedule better for that community.

Now this is fantastic legislation to solve a ridiculous problem in America's otherwise pretty good education system. Later school hours allow children to get better sleep and before and after care saves working parents thousands on child care.

[S019]

So where are we on this? Are we good for a final vote? I'll move for one, if no one voices concerns in the next 24 hours.

[KaiserDave]

So where are we on this? Are we good for a final vote? I'll move for one, if no one voices concerns in the next 24 hours.

My comments above remain the same, I will not sign it as it stands currently

[S019]

AN ACT
to promote healthy sleep patterns among school-age children

Section 1 (Title)
i. The title of this act shall be, the "Harry S. Truman's School Day Restructuring Act."

Section 2 (Standard School Day)
i. Except as otherwise provided herein, all Lincoln public schools are advised to use the Standard School Day (SSD).
ii. The SSD shall begin at 9 am and end at 4 pm local time.

Section 3 (Elementary Adjusted Standard School Day)
i. All Lincoln public elementary schools are advised to observe the Elementary Adjusted Standard School Day (EASSD).
ii. The EASSD shall begin at 9:30 am and end at 4:30 pm local time.

Section 4 (Application for special exemption)
i. No district shall begin the school day before 8 am local time.

Section 5 (Before and after care)
i. All Lincoln public schools must offer before care from 7:30 am to the commencement of the school day, and after care from the end of the school day until 6:30 pm.
ii. Districts may charge tuition for attendance to before and after care; however, no student whose parents' and step-parents' combined annual income is less than 150% the local cost of living shall be charged tuition.

Section 6 (Implementation)
i. This act shall take effect with the 2021-22 academic year.
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Amendment to satisfy the Governor's concerns

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Amendment adopted. Moving for a final vote.

[Secretary of State Liberal Hack]

Aye

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

Vote hadn't actually started when that was posted^, but if there's no Objection I'll count it.

Members shall cast their votes.

Aye

[S019]

AYE

[AGA]

Aye

[Brother Jonathan]

Nay

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

This passes 4-1

[KaiserDave]

Let the suffering of the students end! Happily signing